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FAU President Frank Brogan has company on his final jog around campus, commenters critical of farewell speech

It says something when people, college students especially, are willing to get up at 7 a.m. to go running _ to do anything really.

But this morning, about 30 people joined FAU President Frank Brogan on his final jog around campus. Brogan, an avid runner who is known to clock 4-6 miles each day around campus, is leaving Florida Atlantic University tomorrow to become chancellor of the statewide university system.

By Graham
Sep 10, 2009 8:38 AM | Link to this
Amid tears?? Are you kidding me?? The best thing to ever happen to FAU was to rid themselves of this conservative bastrd.

By Lyric
Sep 9, 2009 11:47 PM | Link to this
LMAO — you have to be kidding — a guy with only an MA was President of a university and now he’s going to be the the Chancellor of the state university system! _And I love the line that they never know how many kids that they accept are going to actually show up. Good thing he’s not selling seats on airplanes or every flight would be overbooked. _There is a reason that no FL university is respected academically beyond the state’s borders. Pathetic.

By fedup
Sep 9, 2009 10:40 PM | Link to this
Brogan is ludicrous and a perfect example as to why Florida is a failing state. __His highest achievement, prior to being elevated by the politicos to Tallahassee, was working his way up from a middle school teacher to an assistant middle school principal to a middle school principal who according to Wikipedia _While an administrator, Brogan negotiated a gun away from a student. Brogan was eventually elected to two terms as the Superintendent of Schools in Martin County._ __Wow. From that historic past he is picked, as one of 17 million people in Florida to become Lt. Governor, and when that position evaporates he ends up President of one the world_s Primo Universities FAU. __His crocodile tears don_t impress me, nor does the mansion the Bush Crist team gave him. __It is just another example of the larceny that is legalized by the Florida State Legislature and the Executive Branch. __One sneeze from any of the Professors at FAU would have more class and character than would Brogan, Bush, or Crist if they lived 10 thousand years. __Florida_s population is shrinking. __Brogan as chancellor will continue the Bush_s and Crist_s goal of dumbing down the generations to come. __I have faith in the teachers and profs in our schools and really wish them well in not be affected by this political nonsense. __You folks in education _ rock on. You_re a loved, honored, and respected. ______

By Biggie
Sep 9, 2009 9:03 PM | Link to this
This guy is such a disingenuos actor.

By Owl Gulag
Sep 9, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this
Larger enrollment and higher tuition and fees without an increase in faculty numbers and quality simply translates to students paying more and receiving less … again.

By frances snoot
Sep 9, 2009 1:10 PM | Link to this
What? Not one quote from a professor at FAU? Yes, the story would have had a different air if the teaching faculty had a voice. The Post decided to silence the faculty and suck up to Brogan. __I take offense to the “extreme popularity with the students” line as well. I prefer a college where tenured professors and academic freedom are protected from monied interests. I graduated from FAU in 2008. __Brogan trampled recklessly on teacher’s rights under contractual agreements, then is lauded by the press and promoted by the state. __America is no longer free. _

By sign o the times
Sep 9, 2009 12:54 PM | Link to this
send this self serving politician home for good already…. __under his leadership FAU Honors College manages to pay faculty 50K while this grand ego racks in millions… EVERY faculty member at the Honors College is a PhD. shameful of the state and Mr. Brogan. administrators are not EARNING his type compensation. the focus should be retaining faculty who’ve risen to the top academically!